Mining

//ˈmaɪnɪŋ//

Synonyms for "mining" (89 found)

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Translations

66 translations across 35 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • mynbou noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Arabic

1 entries
  • تعدين noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Armenian

3 entries
  • արդյունահանում noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • հանքային գործ noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • հանքարդյունաբերություն noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • миниране noun (military)
  • разработване на мина noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Catalan

1 entries
  • mineria noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 挖礦 /挖矿 noun (creation of new units of cryptocurrency)
  • 採礦 /采矿 noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • 採礦業 /采矿业 noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • 矿业 noun (figuratively)

Czech

2 entries
  • hornictví noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • těžba noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Danish

1 entries
  • minedrift noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Dutch

1 entries
  • mijnbouw noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Finnish

4 entries
  • etsintä noun (figuratively)
  • kaivostoiminta noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • louhiminen noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • louhiminen noun (creation of new units of cryptocurrency)

French

2 entries
  • exploitation minière noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • extraction minière noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Galician

1 entries
  • minería noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

German

1 entries
  • Bergbau noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Greek

3 entries
  • εξόρυξη noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • ναρκοθέτηση noun (military)
  • όρυξη noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • ખાણકામ noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • bányászat noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pertambangan noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Irish

1 entries
  • mianadóireacht noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Italian

1 entries
  • estrazione noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 採鉱 noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • 鉱業 noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Korean

1 entries
  • 광업 noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • минирање noun (military)
  • рударство noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Malay

1 entries
  • perlombongan noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഖനനം noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • уурхай noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Māori

1 entries
  • mahi huke noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Polish

1 entries
  • górnictwo noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • mineração noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Russian

4 entries
  • го́рное де́ло noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • добы́ча noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • добы́ча noun (figuratively)
  • ма́йнинг noun (creation of new units of cryptocurrency)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • rudarstvo noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Slovak

1 entries
  • baníctvo noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Spanish

1 entries
  • minería noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Swedish

4 entries
  • brytning noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • brytning noun (creation of new units of cryptocurrency)
  • gruvdrift noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • grävande noun (figuratively)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • гірни́цтво noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • гірни́ча спра́ва noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)
  • мінува́ння noun (military)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • khai thác mỏ noun (activity of removing valuables from the earth)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Mining is one of the main sources of wealth in Chile.

Source: tatoeba (1126773)

Simply stated, data mining refers to extracting or "mining" knowledge from large amounts of data.

Source: tatoeba (1253525)

He wrote the article "Robotic Mining and Minerals on Martian Terrain."

Source: tatoeba (1469323)

I grew up in a mining town.

Source: tatoeba (2282183)

Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.